"But I still didn't kill as many as you did, Senior," Fan Lang said truthfully.
"You already have such strength as a Lower God. If your realm were as high as mine, you would definitely kill more demon beasts than I did," Meng Chen said.
"I also hope to become an Upper God soon, but I'm still a hundred thousand miles away."
"Be content. Your rate of improvement is already fast enough. At your age, I was still struggling on the planet of my hometown."
"Enough of that. There's only one left. Let's take care of it and finish this round early."
"Mm, let's split up and look for it."
With a wave of his hand, Meng Chen ordered the three teams to disperse completely, with everyone searching separately.
As long as they killed this final marked demon beast, they would complete the first round. Victory was practically within reach.
Unexpectedly, after everyone searched separately for a long time, they found nothing. No one could locate the last marked demon beast, not even Fan Lang's thoughts detected it.
Meng Chen contacted Team Ding, which had been responsible for searching, and sent a voice transmission. "Have you found the last demon beast?"
"Not yet. We released our thoughts together and covered the entire illusion realm, even penetrating deep underground, but we haven't sensed any mark. Could there be a problem with the competition? Did they arrange one less marked demon beast?" Team Ding replied.
"Impossible. The Heroes Gathering is a state-run grand event. Every previous one has been extremely rigorous; there's no way such a low-level mistake would occur. The organizers must have done something to increase the difficulty and hidden the final marked demon beast especially well."
"Alright. We'll keep searching harder. We'll notify you as soon as we find